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The State of WebGL

Evan Parker & Bill Baxter

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WebGL (Web-based Graphics Library) is a software library that extends the capability of the JavaScript programming language to allow it to generate interactive 3D graphics within any compatible web browser. WebGL code executes on a computer display card's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), which must support shader rendering. WebGL is a context of the canvas HTML element that provides a 3D computer graphics API without the use of plug-ins. The specification was released as version 1.0 on March 3, 2011.

- Direct access to the hardware of the computer via browser.

- Mobile with WebGL is not there. However, iPhone has WebGL but not enabled.

- iAd uses capability of WebGL in Safari browser of iPhone.

- Chrone's Angry Bird uses WebGL for rendering.